After dinner, Lu Xu went home, took out money, and distributed money one by one to the group of disarmed soldiers and crew members he recruited.
Lu Xu gave half of their reward before departure, and the remaining half will be given out now.
They took the money, you pushed me, I pushed you, and finally they pushed towards the big man who sat closest to Lu Xu during the meal and talked to him several times.
The big man looked at Lu Xu with a red face, making Lu Xu look strange.
"What's wrong?" The money is wrong? Lu Xu counted it three times. Could it be that he counted it wrong?
The big man pondered for a while, "My boss, oh, Mr. Lu's family."
Lu Xu almost choked. There was only one word difference between Mr. Lu and Mr. Lu, and he instantly became more aggressive. He quickly straightened his body and showed some dignity, "You say it."
The big man said shyly: "Have all the people in the new caravan been recruited? We brothers can also travel by land. We also know the land route. Can we follow the caravan again?"
Lu Xu was shocked: "Of course I am willing to come with you, but the caravan is leaving soon. Didn't you just come back and don't need to go home to rest?"
Lu Xu chatted with Lu Qing and Liang Shanbao for a long time, without mentioning a word about them. He also mentioned that he was cooperating with the Luo County Wei family, and that he had recruited people, which made them feel guilty. When they heard Lu Xu's answer, they all put it down. Heart.
The big man: "Isn't there still a few days until the wheat is finished drying? It's enough to rest."
"When I go back, I don't have a room at home. I share a bed with several nephews, and one of them has to fall out every night. They don't want to squeeze in with me anymore."
"My family is similar, so I'm embarrassed."
"Yes, it doesn't make sense that I haven't fulfilled my filial piety after so many years outside and asked my parents to build a house when I came back."
"My brothers and sisters said they would help me build a house and get a wife, but I didn't have the nerve to ask for it."
"We'll make two more trips, save some money, and build a house before it's too late to rest."
They were talking in a flurry, and Lu Xu gradually became speechless as she listened.
These dozens of people generally have several to ten years of military experience. They are all around thirty years old, still in their prime, but they are no longer young in this era. If there were no twists and turns in their lives, they would have worked hard in their hometowns. They raised their children, but now they are struggling to make ends meet.
Lu Xu looked at them and couldn't help but look at his second uncle.
The second uncle sat by the wall and ate noodles with his head buried deeply, chewing slowly and making no sound.
Lu Xu didn't know what he was thinking.
He guessed that the second uncle probably didn't want to interfere with Lu Xu's business because of him.
Lu Xu didn't expect it to be so complicated. He was short of people, especially people who were willing to entrust his hope to him.
The caravan might collapse, and he might let them down, but it hadn't reached that point yet, and Lu Xu didn't want to think so hopelessly.
Don't worry about too much debt, whether it's money or favors, he's numb anyway.
He does not lack creditors, but he lacks people who dare to lend to him.
It was understandable that those thoughtful ship traders did not trust him. He was grateful that the Luo family and the people he recruited were willing to trust him.
The way he can repay this trust is to be successful, make money, and make every companion profit.
Lu Xu believed he could do it.
There was a need in the north, and he had the goods. All he needed was the courage to take risks and some luck.
He considered himself lucky, and he still had a bunch of recipes that he could exchange for money.
The worst thing is, you will be broke.
When the time comes, he will hug Han Lu and Xiao Xia's thighs, talk to them about dividends again, and ask them to give more money to this big brother.
After they finished speaking, they all looked at Lu Xu with some anxiety. Lu Xu had already wandered around in a big circle.
He has always been firm about the caravan, but after all he is not confident enough, and he needs others to give him confidence. After all, if such a behemoth fails to succeed, it will bring down his entire fortune.
These people may just want to find an employer willing to accept them and earn some hard-earned money, but their trust gave Lu Xu a lot of confidence.
Just as those mountain people are Qiu Hu's confidence, these people who are willing to follow him to the north are also his confidence.
Look, when he waved, there were dozens of people, and hundreds of people were willing to follow him and endure hardships and sacrifice their lives.
Lu Xu thought that if he met Qiu Hu again now, he would be more sympathetic to each other.
Lu Xu smiled and said: "Okay, as long as you are willing to follow me, I am willing to use you. I will use you as long as you are willing to follow me. I can't guarantee anything else, but regardless of loss or gain, I will keep a penny of your remuneration." I won’t give you less.”
After speaking, Lu Xu paused, and encouraged himself and everyone with a childish voice: "This road is not going to be easy, let's work hard together!"
Everyone was startled, and then all laughed.
Lu Xu made an appointment with them at a gathering time and asked them for their addresses. He asked them to ask if there was anyone with a lot of land in the village who wanted to sell grain. If so, they should come to him at the nearest purchasing point.
In the evening, Lu Xu cooked for his second uncle and Liang Shanbao. Today was not a holiday. Lu Zhou went to school, Yuan Maniang opened a shop, and he didn't bring back December or Lu Rui.
He was alone at home, so he might as well ask his second uncle and Liang Shanbao to come over to his place and squeeze in.
There was no one around at night, so Lu Xu asked Qiu Hu about the details of their stay in the north. They chatted until late at night before falling asleep.
The next day, Lu Xu took Liang Shanbao to the mountain. The eight families on the mountain were overjoyed to see him, asking questions and sighing.
Liang Shanbao was relieved to see that the eight households were now living comfortably in Lujiacun.
They also know that these families are different from others. If it were not unsafe for the whole village to move up the mountain, they might not even come down the mountain. Now that they have moved to another mountain, they don't know how to feel.
However, the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, and it is more convenient to go down the mountain than their hometown, and Lu Xu is taking care of him. He is finally relieved and can go back and explain to Qiu Hu.
He did not go down the mountain at noon, but had a meal with the fellow villagers on the mountain. In the afternoon, he went down the mountain to help Lu Xu repair the sheepfold.
Lu Xu's ambition to raise chickens has been initially completed. Now the spring chickens have the appearance of big chickens. They are no longer furry and cute. They have to be careful to trample them to death when working nearby.
These chickens have been in the huge fence for a long time, and gradually they have become a little wild. They will hide when they see people, run very fast, and peck around for food and insects every day. They will not return to the cage until evening.
Thanks to Lu Xu's plan to raise chickens in a large fence, now the sheep come and have a place to put them. Otherwise, the wild mountains and ridges would not let go and run into the mountains, and they might not know what kind of beasts they would get.
Of his three mountains, this one is closest to the village and has the best view. Once he repairs it, wild animals can hardly hide and rarely come here.
The other two have recently started logging. They have cut down those that are not growing well and secondary miscellaneous trees. They can build passages up the mountain and can also make wild walnut trees, persimmon trees and the like. mark.
After all the exploration is completed, Lu Xu plans to gather these trees together to generate another income in autumn.
These sheep are grazing together now, and they seem to be more energetic than before.
Liang Shanbao asked: "I heard you are planning to make some mutton pot?"
Lu Xu: "It's too hot. It's not suitable to eat mutton right now. Let's keep them for now and wait until they get fatter before killing them."
Liang Shanbao smiled and said: "Okay, then I will sell it to you at the original price plus 10%!"
Lu Xu: "No problem! By the way, tell me what you are mainly missing. What I am purchasing this time is mainly oil, salt, cloth and other daily necessities. If you see if there is anything else that needs to be added, I will buy it as soon as possible. …”
The two of them were working on the mountain while reviewing the goods list.
This year's summer harvest weather was not as good as last year, with cloudy days and sunny days. Fortunately, it didn't rain. Farmers worked hard to harvest, fearing that a rain would ruin most of the hard work of the year.
Harvest wheat, dry it, bag it, pay taxes, and sell the grain.
As usual, very skilled.
This year's grain tax was indeed low, still only one-twenty. The villagers paid all the grain they had prepared in one day, and Lu Xu finally got the approval to collect grain openly.
He had set up grain collection stalls in the eight villages he had negotiated with before. Other villages also asked cooperative grocery stores to collect grains on their behalf. He sent boats to pick them up every day.
The price of grain given by Lu Xu was the same as that of other grain merchants, but because the Guanyang Alliance had a good reputation, he did not have to send it far away, so his grain collection progress was quite good.
The cooperating grocery store owners have been with the Guanyang Alliance for a long time, and have gradually developed the habit of selecting vegetables and sorting goods. When collecting grain for Lu Xu, they will check for him to see if there is old grain mixed with it, and whether the wheat is good. It has not been dried in the sun, has sprouted mold, mixed with gravel and sand, etc.
You know, their shop was built at almost zero cost by relying on the Guanyang Alliance, but now they can support their families through the shop. Everyone will cherish this business. They don't want to mess with the Guanyang Alliance because of food problems. They were also afraid that the Guanyang Alliance would think that they had tampered with the situation, and their inspections were more detailed than Lu Xu's grain collection.
Invisibly, it saved Lu Xu a lot of labor costs.
Other grain merchants have to send people to monitor the quality of grain when collecting grain. If moldy grains are accidentally mixed in, a large area of grain may be contaminated.
After all the food was collected, it was time to set off.
Lu Xu counted and found that all the people he had recruited were present. The unified carts were all covered with thick straw mats to protect them from the rain. The grain carts were pulled by mules, and the rest relied on manpower.
More than two hundred people lined up in order and set off from Guanyang County towards the north gate.
This time, Lu Xu is going too.
This was the trip he advocated, and he almost convinced everyone to get it together, but he couldn't justify it even if he didn't go.
The Lu family knew that it would be hard to convince others if Lu Xu made all kinds of claims, and that others would not work hard for him.
He has invested so much money and energy into this business trip. If he doesn't go, he won't be able to feel at ease.
Although the family was worried, Uncle Lu had already passed by, and there were surprisingly many people this time, so they did not try to stop him.
This time, the second uncle went with him.
Before leaving, Lu Hui's brothers gathered with him for dinner to reassure him.
"Leave the business to me and the third brother, and leave the village to the second brother. Don't worry, brother!" Lu Wen said very boldly, and offered Lu Xu a cup of tea in the manner of serving a drink.
Lu Xu told him that drinking alcohol would affect his growth, and the boy was so scared that he didn't even dare to taste rice wine.
Lu Hui said shyly: "Brother, don't worry. There are cattle and sheep in the fields, mountains, and I will raise them all for you."
Lu Xu: "Okay, it's up to you."
He turned around and told Lu Xuan: "I'm not here, you often hang out at the dessert shop, so that no bastards look at Han Lu and the others and cause trouble when they are young."
Lu Xuan: "Don't worry."
Lu Xu nodded.
He also said hello to Luo Shen and would take care of his family for him.
To Lu Zhou, Lu Xu only told him: "Study hard in class, have a good rest after school, and stay up late at night. Otherwise, if you are not old enough like me, you will be short-sighted and cannot see clearly."
Lu Zhou nodded: "I will take good care of my mother and younger brothers and sisters."
Lu Xu touched his head.
Finally turning to look at Yan Junqi, Lu Xu said: "While I'm away, if you have anything to do, I'll discuss it with Junqi. He can make decisions for me both at home and outside."
"Yeah." The Lu brothers had no objection.
Lu Wen broke the news and said, "Anyway, if the eldest brother can't make up his mind, he just asks Brother Junqi. We all know that."
Lu Xu: "..."
gas.
What a good brother he is!
Couldn't help it.
Lu Xu raised her foot and kicked him on the butt.
During the laughter, he and Yan Junqi's eyes met, and they started laughing in tacit understanding without saying anything.
A few days ago, he ran to squeeze in with Yan Jun at night.
After coaxing Wen Zhen to sleep with Lu Zhou, Yan Junqi already knew his intention.
"Don't worry, I will keep the house safe for you during your absence."
Lu Xu was curious: "You know I'm going?"
Yan Junqi: "Why don't you go to such a big battle?"
Lu Xu: "You won't stop me?"
Yan Junqi shook his head: "If it were me, you might still accompany me."
Lu Xu smiled and squeezed in front of Yan Junqi. He got an advantage and said obediently: "It's not that Lu Xuan and Lu Wen are too young. I don't worry about them going."
Yan Junqi nodded: "Well, for the first time, it will be more thorough if you go in person. You did all this yourself, and no one is more familiar with it than you."
Lu Xu and Yan Junqi looked at each other. Being stared at by Yan Junqi's dark eyes, they felt uncomfortable and inexplicably a little nervous. "Well, I wouldn't trust Guanyang if I leave it to someone else, so I'll leave it to you."
"Well, don't worry."
"If anything happens to me..."
"I will take good care of my aunt and the others."
Lu Xu's eyes widened, he didn't expect Yan Junqi to say that.
Yan Junqi continued calmly: "I'm not as good as you in business, but relying on the foundation you left behind, it shouldn't be a problem to ensure that they have a worry-free life."
Lu Xuren was stupid and his mind was numb.
Although he felt that Yan Junqi would not say such stupid words as "I won't listen, I won't listen, you have to come back safely" and "You will be safe and sound", but Yan Junqi said it so calmly and resolutely, which made him somewhat accepting. cannot.
Lu Xu was stunned for a long time, and suddenly he didn't know which string he had picked up, so he asked unexpectedly, "Then you don't want to take the imperial examination?"
Yan Jun smiled and said, "If you can't come back, I will train Lu Zhou and Wen Zhen."
"and you……"
"I run your business."
Lu Xu stopped talking. He scratched his head and his face felt a little hot.
After a while, Lu Xu said in a low voice: "Then I will try to come back before the autumn harvest so as not to delay your college entrance examination."
Yan Junqi said calmly: "It doesn't matter, I didn't plan to take the exam this year."
"Ah?!" Lu Xu couldn't control his voice this time, "Why?!"
Because Lu Xu left too fast, one person could not control his business.
Yan Junqi knew better than anyone that Lu Xu was sometimes so worried that he couldn't sleep, and he couldn't take time off. He would always go off to provoke new ones before he could sort out the previous problems.
There has to be someone who takes care of the little things for him.
"Studying is self-cultivation, and taking care of your business is also self-cultivation. There is no difference to me." Yan Junqi smiled, winked at Lu Xu, and said half-truthfully: "Besides, now that my mother makes a lot of money, she doesn't need me. This good-for-nothing son should quickly take the exam to support his family."
Many emotions surged through Lu Xu's heart, and finally turned into a laugh. He and Yan Junqi looked at me and I looked at you, looking at each other and couldn't help laughing.
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